Hijack of North Korean crew

November 17, 2009, published in Press Releases and tagged by EU NAVFOR Public Affairs Office

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On 16 November a Virgin Islands owned (operated from Singapore) Chemical Tanker named the MV Theresa VIII was hijacked in the south Somali Basin, 180 nautical miles North West of the Seychelles. Theresa VIII has a deadweight of 22,294 tonnes and a crew of 28 North Koreans. The vessel, which was heading for Mombasa, has turned around and is now heading north.

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  1. comment by elena

    posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago

    I am getting tired of hearing how Somalians are hi Jacking ships and how they are able to get away with it. I actually intend writing an article about it in a few days time. They still haven’t released the british couple and what is the government doing?